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Captured Heinkel He 162A-2 Spatz (Sparrow) the first single-engined jet fighter, undergoing post-war flight testing by USAF pilot Bob Hoover at Muroc Army Air Field, California,1946
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Captured Heinkel He 162A-2 Spatz (Sparrow) the first single-engined jet fighter, undergoing post-war flight testing by USAF pilot Bob Hoover at Muroc Army Air Field, California,1946
He 162A-2
HE 162 Heinkel Salamander German second world war jet Fighter at IWM Duxford
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Captured by the Americans German airfield with a fighter He-162
Heinkel He 162. known by many names such as Volksjager (peoples fighter), Salamander,and Spatz (sparrow). The He 162 was a sound design, but plagued with flaws created by rush production and inferior materials used to build it doomed this jet.
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Germany 1945, colorized
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2pU9YbvJAM)